# Live Photos

**Live Photos** are images (i.e. selfies) of the client's face. Typically, along with an ID document, they are used to perform [Identity Checks](https://docs.complycube.com/documentation/checks/identity-check).

Upon creating a Live Photo, the following inspections are conducted:

* **Faces analysis**: checks if a face is detected and that the number of faces does not exceed 1.
* **Facial obstructions**: checks if facial features are covered or not visible.
* **Facial orientation**: checks if a face is at an optimal position.
* **Liveness check**: checks if a photo is genuine and is not a spoofed photo of an image or photo-of-a-photo.

The live photos API allows you to upload, retrieve, download, and delete live photos. You can retrieve a specific live photo as well as a list of all your client's live photos.

### The Live Photo object

<table><thead><tr><th width="267.1517176930844">Attribute</th><th width="104.20314967431574">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>id</code></td><td>string</td><td>The unique identifier for a live photo.</td></tr><tr><td><code>clientId</code></td><td>string</td><td>The ID of the client associated with this live photo.</td></tr><tr><td><code>performLivenessCheck</code></td><td>boolean</td><td>Indicates if a liveness check should be performed on a live photo upload. When not provided, this defaults to <strong>true</strong>.</td></tr><tr><td><code>downloadLink</code></td><td>string</td><td>The URI can be used to <a href="live-photos/download-live-photo">download the live photo</a>. This will be automatically generated upon a successful live photo upload.</td></tr><tr><td><code>contentType</code></td><td>string</td><td>The MIME type of the image. This will be automatically set upon a successful live photo upload.</td></tr><tr><td><code>size</code></td><td>number</td><td>The size of the live photo in bytes. This will be automatically set upon a successful live photo upload.</td></tr><tr><td><code>createdAt</code></td><td>string</td><td>The date and time when the live photo was created.</td></tr><tr><td><code>updatedAt</code></td><td>string</td><td>The date and time when the live photo was updated.</td></tr></tbody></table>